Total Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lanehays Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Dibden & Dibden Purlieu , and the 247th highest crime rate of 548 local areas in New Forest .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lanehays Road (SO45 5EA) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% lower than the Dibden & Dibden Purlieu average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lanehays Road (SO45 5EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tormead, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Golden Hind Park (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hythe Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tormead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Hind Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Drakes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunningdale | — |
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